With the most recent expansion of World of Warcraft, Dragonflight, set to be on November 28, 2022, and the Pre-Patch event already underway, players will no doubt be looking for the best builds for their character. We will continue to update our guides with the most relevant information on each class as more information is gathered. For now, lets dive into what we believe is the best talent build right now for the Windwalker Monk in Dragonflight.

Talent System Changes

Dragonflight brings in a whole new talent system that is fairly similar to the old style of Talent Trees. With talent choices locked behind branches or paths and skill point thresholds.

One of the first things players will notice is that there are 2 talent trees. The 31-point Talent Tree on the Left is for the Monk Class Talents, which does not change regardless of the specialization chosen, and the 30-point Talent Tree on the Right is for the Windwalker Specialization.

Talent Builds For Windwalker Monks In WoW: Dragonflight

Let's start with the Class Talents on the Left. Most of these talents are core class features such as utilities and buffs that many players may already be familiar with.

Windwalker Monk Class Talents

Most of the talents you'll want to focus on are in the middle of the talent tree, with healing talents generally on the left column and defensive or utility talents on the right. There are a number of obvious mandatory damage-improving talent choices pathing all the way down the center; from Transcendence to Escape from Reality, and then finally at the bottom Resonant Fists and Summon White Tiger Statue. As well as Fast Feet, Improved Touch of Death, and Fatal Touch. This leaves a fair bit of variety for the remainder of your points depending on what your needs are for other utilities.

For better crowd control there is also the option of grabbing Paralysis and Disable too.

Healing/Defensive Focus

This build picks up the defensive cooldown Fortifying Brew on its way down to Strength of Spirit for improved damage mitigation and healing, respectively. It also picks up Dampen Harm for even more survivability. Chi Wave is more healing focused than Chi Burst, so that will be up to your personal preference.

Mobility/Interrupt Focus

While still sticking to the core damage improving middle talent choices if you need to have an Interrupt take Spear Hand Strike. This leads nicely into Celerity which synergizes nicely with Improved Roll. We can also pick up 1 Point of Windwalking and potentially a second if Summon Black Ox Statue is not needed. Chi Burst is the preferred DPS ability over Chi Wave.

Windwalker Monk Specialization Talents

For the Windwalker Specialization Talents, there is not a lot of variety here, and while the damage rotation remains largely the same between Single-Target or Multi-Target, we can still make two builds for each.

Single-Target Build

Here the focus is on Invoke Xuen, the White Tiger, Meridian Strikes and Rising Star. It still offers the flexibility to deal great Cleave damage too with Shadowboxing Treads.

AoE Build

Here we try to maximize Spinning Crane Kick and add Rushing Jade Wind and Bonedust Brew in the mix. Picking up the added damage boost to Strike of the Warlord from Thunderfist as well

Import Windwalker Monk Builds

Single-Target Build with Healing and Defensive Utilities

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Single-Target Build with Mobility and Interrupt

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AoE Build with Healing and Defensive Utilities

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AoE Build with Mobility and Interrupt

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